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WEdNEsdAy, M ay 25, 2001
Collaboration
creates new
eCommerce
degree program
MAGGIE JIRASEK
Feature Editor
The Business department at
Clackamas has developed a new
two-year degree and one-year cer
tificate in eCommerce giving stu
dents the opportunity to major in
web management and marketing.
eCommerce, representing any
transaction that happens on or
through the web, will play an es
sential part of every
business’s future in
the
global
economy.
“By offer
ing this pro
gram, we will
be able to'
emphasize
how impor-
t a
n
t
eCommerce
is in today’s
world,” ex
plained David
Garlington,
business in
structor.
The Computer Science depart
ment will be offering two new fo
cus areas for its two-year degree
program, Computer Application
Specialist Starting Fall 2001, both
Web design and Web program
ming will be available to interested
students. Art 115 (basic design)
and computer graphics courses
will be taught by the Art depart
ment.
The English department is in
volved by developing a writing
course for the web; the CWE de
partment is designing an intern
ship program for students; and the
Social Studies department is con
sidering the development of a web
culture course or sequence of
classes that can complement the
program.
The process of creating a new
eCommerce degree at Clackamas
began during the Fall 2000 term
when representatives from the
Arts department, the Computer
Science department and Business
department planned the new pro
gram. The steering committee con
sists of three depart
ment chairs: Rick
True, Art depart
ment chair, Linda
Anderson, Com
puter Science de
partment chair, and
Joan Ryan, Busi
ness Administra
tion chair.
Throughout the
year, a 32-member
advisory commit
tee, consisting of
local high-tech em
ployers and repre
sentatives from OIT,
PSU and local high
schools,was formed
with the goal to provide a transfer
degree for college students as well
as transferable credits to high
school students.
“We have to notify other
schools about the program so they
can offer classes in that area,” em
phasized Ryan.
The proposed degree and cer
tificate have been presented and
approved by both the Curriculum
Committee and the College Coun
cil; it has also been presented to
the President’s Criuncil. Classes
will begin Fall term 2001. Formore
information call Joan Ryan, ext.
2363.
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Celebrate Alcohol Awareness week
MAGGIE JIRASEK
Feature Editor
Activities as well as a surprise
event and free barbecue are planned
for Alcohol Awareness Week, May
29-30, to raise studentawareness of
the effects of alcohol.
Community .volunteers as well as
campus groups and individuals
helped coordinate the event, includ
ing ASG, student ambassadors, In
structor Tim Pantages and Mindy
Brown, coordinator of Student out
reach.
An information booth will also be
available providing literature on al
cohol safety, drinking and driving
and preventative issues.
Ribbons, which also serve as free
tickets to the barbecue and surprise
event, will be distributed starting this
week. Ribbons will be available on
Tuesday as well.
“There will be a special event
Library: Illness still a concern to many
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Patterson. “What makes it so difficult
is that we don’t know what we are test
ing for.”
Currently, anyone experiencing
symptoms are asked to contact
George Sims at ext 2632 or Jeanette
Kmeticatext2229. By collecting symp
tom data, they are compiling informa
tion about correlation between time and
place of occurrences. 'They are also
interested in any unusual smells re
ported.
During the meeting, Librarian Terry
Mackey voiced concern about the
crumbling of ceiling panels and the
smell of sulfur. Other staff voiced con
cerns about illness and odors in the
air.
“The thing that scared me about the
classroom I was in was that the smell
was sickening,” said Connie
McFarland, instructor, skills develop
ment “Some described it as an odor of
vomit some of electrical burning, some
as the worst case of burnt toast they
have ever had and another as metal on
metal.”
There were other concerns voiced
as well at the meeting.
“What about the students who go
to the library or need to go to the li
brary who may be kind of vulnerable?”
said McFarland. “Is this sort of a buy
ers beware just because we have a note
on the door? It seems to me that it is
just not right Our students come first
and that is who we serve, and to make
people sick is wrong, to make us sic
is wrong.”
“We know that we meet OSHE
standards,” said Patterson. ‘Tn a lot <
places it would end here. We as a co
lege are taking it farther than that an
that is why we are going into this phas
two; because people and students d
come first for us. So we are going th<
extra mile, two miles, ten miles to pro
tect students and staff. Something i
making people sick; we don’t kno\
what it is.”
Throughout the testing, the librar
and other services in the Dye Learn
ing center will be open. A meeting wi
be held on June 5 to discuss any fur
ther developments.
Writers’ Club Contest Winners - 2001
Fiction
First Prize ($50)
Second Prize ($30)
Third Prize ($20)
“The Girl in the Green Checked Dress”
“Water Witch”
“Scarecrow”
Elizabeth Miles
S. Myron Wright
Sarina Dorie
“Illinois”
“Montana Return”
“Waxing and Waning”
Jack Chitty
Tom Hogan
B.J. Anderson
“Seagull Egg Soup”
“The Search”
Denise Browning
Bonita M. Richardsoi 1
“Skunk in the Chicken House”
“The Short History of Women”
S. Myron Wright
Donna Reitan
Poetry
Hrst Prize ($50)
Second Prize ($30)
Third Prize ($20)
Creative Nonfiction
First Prize ($50)
Second Prize ($30)
Drama
First Prize ($50)
Secofid Prize ($30)
There will be a writers' club award ceremony held May 29 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Gregory Forum 108C.
Everyone is invited to come. For more information call Allen Widerburg at ext. 2359.
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B Creationist
speaker
Last Thursday a creationist Dr.
Chittick visited campus sponsored by
the Campus Crusade for Christ club.
Pauling 101 was filled to overflowing
with members of the CC4C group and
students from various classes who
had gone to hear this talk on science
and religion. What the participants got
was a slick power point presentation
geared at proving Creationism vs. Evo
lutionism as the opening titles pro
claimed. What the students didn’t get
was either good science or good reli
gion.
Dr. Chittick began by affirming that a
biased approach to science (or religion)
would yield biased conclusions. He
then, from a creationist bias provided
‘evidence’ that early scientists were
religious, concluding religion and sci
ence can be compatible. The middle
section of his talk then discounted the
findings of geology, biology, paleon
tology, astronomy, physics, in short
all modem science in favor of a young
earth philosophy of creation. His only
religious remarks other than support
ing a Creator were limited to the obser
vation that if people were uncomfort
able with God then there was a place
for them and it was hell and hell was
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happening on Wednesday in th<
Barlow parking lot, May 30, at noon
We will provide free food and musii
and NRK will give away free gifts,’
said Brown. “We are giving out rib
bons to get people interested in join
ing us. We really encourage stu
dents to join us, see what it’s al
about and take advantage of the fre(
barbecue.”
For more information call Mind]
Brown, ext 2261.
Secretary:
Mike Pollock
Web-Master
Mark Vene lucci
JoAnnc Gale
Advisor:
Linda Vogt (x231O)
Spending a year with an inquiry clas
investigating science and religion fron
many angles is a better choice for stu
dents who are interested in this fasci
nating topic. For students who did at
tend the talk and are wondering abou
the presentation’s truth, be assure
that the conflict model that was pre
sented is representative of but a smal
portion of a much larger dialog betweei
Science and Religion. The question!
and answers are much bigger and mon
interesting than the limited view of Dr
Chittick’s presentation.
Bill Briare & Bob Misley
Science and Religion Instructors
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